Pretzel-Fried Steak with Mango-Onion Gravy

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This was so delicious that even though I am not a big meat eater, I ate a bunch (along with the serious carnivores in the family.

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I so so so wanted to love this. With the reviews I thought for sure it would be great! I just didn't think it was all that good. I think a shallow fry might have been better because at one inch of oil it completely covered the steak and I don't know, it just wasn't for me. I found it rather tasteless really and for those of you who say it was too salty??? hmm...I wonder if you used salted pretzels as well as all the salt called for in the flour? I don't know the gravy was marginal though I did substitute the mango chutney (couldn't find for apricot preserves. I make a better gravy than that. I am usually really open to new things but this is Aarti's first recipe I didn't adore or add to my repertoire. lol Anyway, my husband didn't like it either though we both thought it to be very tender. Usually I find cube steak can be very gristly and this was not. Sorry Aarti, not my fave. I am glad though that everyone else thought it fab! Wish I did too...:(

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I can't believe I fried a steak in oil! I NEVER eat fried food, but this recipe if worth every calorie. Before I made it, the idea of the pretzel crumbs and the mango gravy in the same dish had me scratching my head, but the dish came together so well and adding the seasoned flour to the gravy complimented the meat beautifully. My husband raved about the dinner (I made all three dishes. Now all I need is more recipes that use fenugeek leaves - the store sold it in a two-cup package.
Thank you Aarti for developing this unique meal and thank you to all posters - your rave reviews encouraged me to give this a whirl.
Cathie Anderson

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My family loved it! I usually just season flour and fry it up that way but this was sooo much better. thank goodness i doubles recipe because my boys loved them.(cut them into strip fingers I couldn't find Chutney but found peach/mango marmalade very good, dipped pretzles in it the next day!

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This was delicious. I have made plenty of breaded chicken....same technique, but never have
I made chicken fried steak. The pretzel coating is so different and it was crunchy, which I loved! The sauce was great. I didn't have chutney, so I used orange marmalade. It worked! The meat was tender and the sauce was yummy...so different. I will make this all the time! By the way, it was not too salty. I used all 3 tsp in the flour mixture and you could barely tell it was there, with all the other spices and seasonings.

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It was yummy. We couldn't find mango chutney so we made our own batch. We had leftover dredging stuff so we took of some string cheese and made mozzerela sticks. They were good. I also made the fry bread she had on recently and fried up some baby porabello mushrooms. We had a Riesling with the meal. Very good.

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This was a nice change up from typical 'country' fried steak. With a freezer full of beef, cubed steaks are a tough cut and this recipe was a tasty treat. I did halve the salt though; I was worried that combined with the pretzels it would be too salty; a teaspoon and a half of kosher proved just right. The mango gravy made the dish - that was delicious!

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I thought this was a good recipe. I would make it again! I didn't think it was too salty but i usually halve the salt anyway. I couldn't find the leaves but it was good without it.

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Well, as a food snob, this was enlightning to cube steak and its possiblities! I enjoyed the flavor and change from traditional red meat. Please note that the amount of salt must be drastically reduced as this recipe has too much salt! Also note that we did not use pretzels and used corn chex mix instead. We are glad we did so because it would have been so salty that we would have thrown this out...I love Aarti and what she brings to the culinary world and will follow her for a long time. Keep the inventive ways that you bring to us and keep your influence for Indian cuisine!

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To those who criticize other reviewers. EVERYone is entitled to his/her opinion. If someone doesn't like the recipe and/or doesn't think it's authentic enough, it's fine for them to say so. This was a bit salty for me, and although I'm not a big 'chicken-fried' anything fan, it was yummy.